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1983 PGA Championship

The 1983 PGA Championship was the 65th PGA Championship, held August 4–7 at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, California. Hal Sutton led wire-to-wire to win his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus, a five-time champion.[2] Nicklaus shot a final round 66 (−5) for his 19th and final runner-up finish in a major championship.[3] Sutton was under scrutiny as he entered the weekend; two weeks earlier in Virginia, he had a six-shot lead after 54 holes, shot a final round 77, and finished third.[4]

1983 PGA Championship
Finishing hole at Riviera Country Club
Tournament information
DatesAugust 4–7, 1983
LocationLos Angeles, California
34°03′00″N 118°30′04″W / 34.05°N 118.501°W / 34.05; -118.501
Course(s)Riviera Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Field150 players, 87 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$600,000
Winner's share$100,000
Champion
United States Hal Sutton
274 (−10)
Location map
Riviera Country Club is located in the United States
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
Location in the United States
Riviera Country Club is located in California
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
Location in California
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It was the second major at Riviera, following the U.S. Open in 1948, won by Ben Hogan. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 1995, and it hosts a regular event on the PGA Tour, originally known as the Los Angeles Open.

Only the third PGA Championship in California, it was preceded by 1929 in Los Angeles at Hillcrest and 1977 at Pebble Beach. The 1962 event was originally awarded to Brentwood in L.A., but was moved to Philadelphia at Aronimink.[5][6]

This was the first major championship to award a six-figure winner's share, $100,000, increasing from the $65,000 of the previous year. The first five-figure winner's share in a major was the 1958 Masters and the 2001 Masters was the first to break seven figures.

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, August 4, 1983

Place Player Score To par
1   Hal Sutton 65 −6
T2   Scott Simpson 66 −5
  Buddy Whitten
T4   Danny Edwards 67 −4
  John Fought
  Bruce Lietzke
T7   Ben Crenshaw 68 −3
  Keith Fergus
  Jay Haas
  Pat McGowan
  Jim Thorpe

Source:[7]

Second round edit

Friday, August 5, 1983

Place Player Score To par
1   Hal Sutton 65-66=131 −11
2   Ben Crenshaw 68-66=134 −8
3   Pat McGowan 68-67=135 −7
T4   John Fought 67-69=136 −6
  Gibby Gilbert 70-66=136
  Buddy Whitten 66-70=136
T7   Keith Fergus 68-70=138 −4
  Bruce Lietzke 67-71=138
  Jack Nicklaus 73-65=138
  Lee Trevino 70-68=138

Source:[8]

Third round edit

Saturday, August 6, 1983

Place Player Score To par
1   Hal Sutton 65-66-72=203 −10
2   Ben Crenshaw 68-66-71=205 −8
3   John Fought 67-69-71=207 −6
T4   Bruce Lietzke 67-71-70=208 −5
  Pat McGowan 68-67-73=208
  Larry Nelson 68-67-73=208
T7   Jay Haas 68-72-69=209 −4
  Jack Nicklaus 73-65-71=209
  Scott Simpson 66-73-70=209
  Buddy Whitten 66-70-73=209

Source:[9]

Final round edit

Sunday, August 7, 1983

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Hal Sutton 65-66-72-71=274 −10 100,000
2   Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-65-71-66=275 −9 60,000
3   Peter Jacobsen 73-70-68-65=276 −8 40,000
4   Pat McGowan 68-67-73-69=277 −7 30,000
5   John Fought 67-69-71-71=278 −6 25,000
T6   Bruce Lietzke 67-71-70-71=279 −5 19,000
  Fuzzy Zoeller 72-71-67-69=279
8   Dan Pohl 72-70-69-69=280 −4 16,000
T9   Ben Crenshaw 68-66-71-77=282 −2 10,880
  Jay Haas 68-72-69-73=282
  Mike Reid 69-71-72-70=282
  Scott Simpson 66-73-70-73=282
  Doug Tewell 74-72-69-67=282

Source:[10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (August 8, 1983). "Out of Bear's reach, Sutton wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (August 15, 1983). "There's a new bear on the loose". Sports Illustrated: 16.
  4. ^ "Peete wins from 6 back". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 25, 1983. p. 13.
  5. ^ "PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers". Florence Times. Alabama. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 4, section 2.
  6. ^ "PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 22.
  7. ^ "PGA Championship". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 5, 1983. p. 4, part 2.
  8. ^ "Golf: PGA Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 6, 1983. p. 18.
  9. ^ Boswell, Thomas (August 7, 1983). "Can Sutton win the PGA?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  10. ^ "1983 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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